Our courses are designed and delivered by expert pharmacists with real-world experience. Whether you're a delivery driver, pharmacy assistant, technician, or pharmacist, we provide high-quality, flexible learning to help you stay up to date and meet regulatory requirements.
Courses
Accredited Dispensary Assistant Course
This mandatory course meets the training requirements outlined by the GPhC for staff undertaking dispensing activities. This course is suitable for pharmacy staff planning on undertaking dispensing activities. This comprehensive course also serves as a great stepping stone for progression onto pre-registration pharmacy technician training and a career as a pharmacy technician.
- Pharmacy support staff
Delivering Medicines Safely & Effectively
The NPA’s GPhC accredited course was the first in the market developed specifically for staff that deliver medicines to patients. The course is fully accredited by the GPhC as meeting the minimum training requirements. The course provides staff with critical knowledge on delivering medicines to ensure the safety of patients and reduce the risk of errors. The course helps to enhance customer service to housebound patients, increase job satisfaction of your extended team and provides evidence of staff competency.
- Pharmacy support staff
Designated Supervisor Training
This online training programme is suitable for all designated supervisors who are new to tutoring as well as being a refresher for the more experienced supervisor. The programme covers key dates and requirements and also focuses on problem solving when difficult situations arise, such as if the trainee pharmacist is not meeting the required learning outcomes.
- Trainee pharmacists
Healthy Living Champion
The Healthy Living Champion Course is a mandatory course for staff supporting the Healthy Living Pharmacy initiative. Healthy Living Champions provide health information and signpost patients to relevant health services to enable them to live healthier lifestyles. Supporting patients and their families with public health messages ensures that your pharmacy is the place to come for complete health and wellbeing advice.
- Healthy living pharmacy
Healthy Living Pharmacy Leadership
A Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) is one which consistently delivers a range of quality services, which are tailored to meet the needs of the local population. HLPs play a key role in reducing health inequalities and improving the health and wellbeing of the local population. To achieve HLP Level 1 status, pharmacies must meet the 27 quality criteria set by Public Health England (PHE) – including having at least one Health Champion and one member of the pharmacy team to undertake leadership training.
- Healthy living pharmacy
- Leadership
Introduction to Pharmacy Stock Control
The NPA’s Introduction to Pharmacy Stock Control is fully accredited by the GPhC as meeting the minimum training required for staff wishing to carry out stock control duties within the dispensary. Trained staff can support the running of dispensary processes and reduce the burden on pharmacists and dispensers.
- Hospitals & NHS trusts
- Pharmacy support staff
NPA Leadership Training
Pharmacy professionals play a fundamental role as leaders in making decisions to reduce patient safety risks/incidents, optimise medicines management and align/signpost healthcare services. The training encourages innovative thinking for developing and managing people. It encourages the participant to identify key skills of each team member in order to bring out the best in them and achieve.
- Leadership
Pharmacy Undergraduate Training Programme
This course provides pharmacy undergraduate students undertaking placements or employment in community pharmacies with essential knowledge and skills in relation to; Community pharmacy practice, Pharmacy law and ethics, Calculation practice, Overview of minor ailments and Making job applications (including Oriel)
- Pharmacy support staff
- Trainee pharmacists